Srv.sys warning on Windows 2012 R2 Best Practices Analyzer ( BPA )

Introduction

The answer is that SMB 1.0 protocol is not on by default for Windows Server 2012 R2. SMB 1.0 is required for Windows XP workstations to access file shares.

Steps
(2 total)

1

Run the following command in elevated command prompt

type to following command: sc config srv start=demand

If this does not clear your Best Practice Analyzer problem, then follow step 2.

2

Edit Registry

To restore the access of XP/2003 clients over SMB to the file servers/domain controllers on Windows Server 2012 R2, you can activate SMB 1 support through the registry.

To enable SMB 1.0 support in Windows Server 2012 R2, open the Registry Editor, go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer and change the value of DependOnService from "SamSS Srv2" to "SamSS Srv".

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